Insects possess segmented bodies supported by

an exoskeleton, the external skeleton that

supports and protects an animal's body
including protection, excretion, sensing and
support. The body is divided into a head, a
thorax, and an abdomen.
2. What are the distinguishing characteristics of
an insect?
The head supports a pair of sensory antenna, a pair of
compound eyes and mouth parts. Mouth parts can rip,
suck and bite. The thorax has six legs (one pair per
segment) and in some species wings are part of it. The
abdomen has respiratory functions, excretory and
reproductive structures.
Many insects are beneficial to the environment
and to humans. Some pollinate flowering plants
(for example wasps and bees). Bees also
produce honey and serum. Ants recycle
nutrients and eliminate dead animals. Adult
insects such as grasshoppers, crickets and
Mayflies are also commonly used as fishing bait.
3. Name five species of useful insects.
Insects commonly regarded as pests include
those that are bloodsuckers (mosquitoes, lice,
fleas and bed bugs), some of them transmit
diseases (mosquitoes, flies), damage structures
(termites), or destroy agricultural goods
(grasshoppers or locusts, weevils). They have
been controlled using insecticides or pesticides
but more and more entomologist are relying on
methods of biological control.
4. Name five species of injurious insects, and tell
how to control them.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways
and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer
or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.

5. Tell two Bible stories in which insects played
an important role.
Exodus 8:20-30
And the Lord said to Moses, Rise early in the
morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes
out to the water. Then say to him, Thus says
the Lord: Let My people go, that they may
serve Me. Or else, if you will not let My people
go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you
and your servants, on your people and into
your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall
be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
on which they stand. And in that day I will set
apart the land of Goshen,
in which My people dwell, that no swarms of
flies shall be there, in order that you may know
that I am the Lord in the midst of the land. I
will make a difference[a] between My people
and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.
And the Lord did so. Thick swarms of flies came
into the house of Pharaoh, into his servant's
houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land
was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and
said, Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.
And Moses said,
It is not right to do so, for we would be
sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to
the Lord our God. If we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes,
then will they not stone us? We will go three
days journey into the wilderness and sacrifice
to the Lord our God as He will command us.
So Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you
may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the
wilderness; only you shall not go very far away.
Intercede for me.
Then Moses said, Indeed I am going out from
you, and I will entreat the Lord, that the
swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully
anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice
to the Lord. So Moses went out from Pharaoh
and entreated the Lord.
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1. Collect color photographs of 20 species of
insects, representing at least six different
orders. All pictures should be in focus, close-
ups and properly labeled by genus or species
level names. Common names are valueless.